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HELEN OF TROY LTD
HELE
$655M
Mkt Cap
$28.47
+6.07%
HELEN OF TROY LTD (HELE) has a current P/E ratio of 5.3, compared to its historical median P/E of 19.4. The stock is currently considered Cheap based on its historical valuation range.
HELEN OF TROY LTD (HELE) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of -1.6%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
HELEN OF TROY LTD (HELE) has a market capitalization of $655M. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
HELEN OF TROY LTD (HELE) does not currently pay a regular dividend. However, the company returns capital to shareholders through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 0.29%.
Based on historical P/E analysis, HELEN OF TROY LTD (HELE) appears cheap. The current P/E of 5.3 is 73% below its historical median of 19.4. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is -2.8%.
HELEN OF TROY LTD (HELE) operates in the Electric Housewares & Fans industry, within the Industrials sector.
HELEN OF TROY LTD (HELE) reported annual revenue of $1.8 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
Our Company We incorporated as Helen of Troy Corporation in Texas in 1968 and were reorganized as Helen of Troy Limited in Bermuda in 1994. We are a leading global consumer products company offering creative products and solutions for our customers through a diversified portfolio of brands. We have built leading market positions through new product innovation, product quality and competitive pricing. We go to market under a number of brands, some of which are licensed. Our portfolio of brands includes OXO, Hydro Flask, Osprey, Vicks, Braun, Honeywell, PUR, Hot Tools, Drybar, Curlsmith, Revlon, and Olive & June, among others. Segment Information We currently operate in two reportable business segments: •Home & Outdoor: Offers a broad range of outstanding world-class brands that help consumers enjoy everyday living inside their homes and outdoors. Our innovative products for home activities include food preparation and storage, cooking, cleaning, organization, and beverage service.
| Metric | TTM | FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.8B | 1.8B | 1.9B | 2.0B | 2.1B | 2.2B |
| Net Income | -899M | -899M | 124M | 169M | 143M | 224M |
| EPS | $-39.08 | $-39.08 | $5.37 | $7.03 | $5.95 | $9.17 |
| Free Cash Flow | 132M | 132M | 83M | 269M | 33M | 63M |
| ROIC | -39.6% | -43.4% | 5.9% | 9.0% | 7.9% | 12.9% |
| Gross Margin | 45.7% | 45.7% | 47.9% | 47.3% | 43.4% | 42.9% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.98 | 0.98 | 0.54 | 0.41 | 0.63 | 0.61 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.00 | $0.00 | - | - | - | - |
| Operating Income | -782M | -782M | 143M | 261M | 212M | 273M |
| Operating Margin | -43.8% | -43.8% | 7.5% | 13.0% | 10.2% | 12.3% |
| ROE | -112.6% | -72.5% | 7.5% | 10.8% | 10.2% | 17.4% |
| Shares Outstanding | 23M | 23M | 23M | 24M | 24M | 24M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.5B | 1.6B | 1.7B | 2.1B | 2.2B | 2.1B | 2.0B | 1.9B | 1.8B | 1.8B |
| Gross Margin | 41.5% | 37.8% | 41.0% | 41.3% | 41.0% | 43.0% | 44.2% | 42.9% | 43.4% | 47.3% | 47.9% | 45.7% | 45.7% |
| R&D | 7.4M | 12M | 12M | 14M | 13M | 18M | 53M | 54M | 48M | 57M | 54M | 54M | 54M |
| SG&A | 429M | 403M | 401M | 425M | 438M | 512M | 637M | 680M | 660M | 669M | 705M | 709M | 709M |
| EBIT | 162M | 116M | 170M | 169M | 199M | 178M | 281M | 273M | 212M | 261M | 143M | -782M | -782M |
| Op. Margin | 11.2% | 8.4% | 12.1% | 11.4% | 12.7% | 10.4% | 13.4% | 12.3% | 10.2% | 13.0% | 7.5% | -43.8% | -43.8% |
| Net Income | 131M | 101M | 141M | 44M | 169M | 152M | 254M | 224M | 143M | 169M | 124M | -899M | -899M |
| Net Margin | 9.1% | 7.3% | 10.1% | 3.0% | 10.8% | 8.9% | 12.1% | 10.1% | 6.9% | 8.4% | 6.5% | -50.3% | -50.3% |
| Non-Recurring | 9.0M | 5.9M | 2.7M | 17M | 30M | 44M | 8.8M | 893K | 29M | 19M | 53M | 710M | 710M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 12.1% | 8.5% | 11.3% | 10.2% | 14.3% | 11.8% | 17.6% | 12.9% | 7.9% | 9.0% | 5.9% | -43.4% | -39.6% |
| ROE | 13.6% | 11.0% | 14.4% | 4.4% | 16.8% | 14.1% | 21.2% | 17.4% | 10.2% | 10.8% | 7.5% | -72.5% | -112.6% |
| ROA | 8.3% | 6.2% | 8.2% | 2.6% | 10.3% | 8.6% | 12.2% | 8.8% | 5.0% | 5.9% | 4.1% | -34.3% | -42.5% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 179M | 187M | 229M | 224M | 195M | 271M | 314M | 141M | 208M | 306M | 113M | 171M | 171M |
| Free Cash Flow | 173M | 170M | 213M | 211M | 169M | 254M | 215M | 63M | 33M | 269M | 83M | 132M | 132M |
| Owner Earnings | 134M | 144M | 178M | 175M | 143M | 211M | 250M | 70M | 137M | 221M | 37M | 101M | 101M |
| CapEx | 6.5M | 17M | 16M | 14M | 26M | 18M | 99M | 78M | 175M | 37M | 30M | 39M | 39M |
| Maint. CapEx | 40M | 35M | 36M | 34M | 30M | 37M | 38M | 36M | 45M | 51M | 55M | 53M | 53M |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61M | 42M | 130M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 40M | 35M | 36M | 34M | 30M | 37M | 38M | 36M | 45M | 51M | 55M | 53M | 53M |
| CapEx/OCF | 3.7% | 11.0% | 6.8% | 6.1% | 13.5% | 6.5% | 31.4% | 55.4% | 84.0% | 12.0% | 26.6% | N/A | 22.9% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Share Buybacks | 274M | 100M | 76M | 73M | 217M | 10M | 203M | 188M | 18M | 55M | 103M | 1.9M | 1.9M |
| Buyback Yield | 12.3% | 3.6% | 2.8% | 3.0% | 7.4% | 0.2% | 3.7% | 3.8% | 0.7% | 1.8% | 8.2% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 6.0M | 7.2M | 14M | 15M | 22M | 23M | 26M | 35M | 27M | 34M | 21M | 17M | 17M |
| Debt Repayment | 97M | 22M | 24M | 26M | 1.9M | 1.9M | 1.9M | 1.9M | 20M | 247M | 6.3M | 16M | 16M |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 419M | 180M | 459M | 268M | 308M | 312M | 297M | 780M | 905M | 647M | 898M | 762M | 762M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 12M | 227M | 24M | 21M | 12M | 24M | 45M | 33M | 29M | 19M | 19M | 19M | 19M |
| Long-Term Debt | 411M | 597M | 461M | 288M | 319M | 337M | 342M | 811M | 928M | 659M | 908M | 756M | 756M |
| Debt/Equity | 0.48 | 0.67 | 0.48 | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.61 | 0.63 | 0.41 | 0.54 | 0.98 | 0.98 |
| Interest Coverage | 10.8 | 11.0 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 17.0 | 14.0 | 22.3 | 21.2 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 2.8 | -13.5 | -13.5 |
| Equity | 905M | 930M | 1.0B | 1.0B | 997M | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.5B | 1.6B | 1.7B | 798M | 798M |
| Total Assets | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.8B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.9B | 2.3B | 2.8B | 2.9B | 2.8B | 3.1B | 2.1B | 2.1B |
| Total Liabilities | 749M | 919M | 792M | 609M | 653M | 742M | 1.0B | 1.5B | 1.4B | 1.2B | 1.4B | 1.3B | 1.3B |
| Intangibles | 398M | 376M | 336M | 303M | 292M | 301M | 357M | 538M | 554M | 537M | 567M | 373M | 373M |
| Retained Earnings | 722M | 729M | 798M | 780M | 746M | 898M | 965M | 1.0B | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 413M | 413M |
| Working Capital | 303M | 487M | 267M | 258M | 293M | 344M | 357M | 479M | 480M | 393M | 465M | 361M | 361M |
| Current Assets | 565M | 755M | 556M | 558M | 605M | 683M | 972M | 1.1B | 892M | 844M | 932M | 866M | 866M |
| Current Liabilities | 262M | 268M | 289M | 299M | 312M | 339M | 615M | 603M | 412M | 451M | 466M | 505M | 505M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 4.52 | 3.52 | 5.04 | 1.63 | 6.41 | 6.02 | 10.08 | 9.17 | 5.95 | 7.03 | 5.37 | -39.08 | -39.08 |
| Owner EPS | 4.61 | 5.02 | 6.39 | 6.43 | 5.45 | 8.34 | 9.92 | 2.88 | 5.68 | 9.20 | 1.60 | 4.39 | 4.39 |
| Book Value | 31.17 | 32.34 | 36.57 | 37.20 | 37.90 | 45.91 | 49.19 | 54.40 | 61.83 | 68.28 | 73.05 | 34.70 | 34.70 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 6.18 | 6.49 | 8.19 | 8.22 | 7.43 | 10.72 | 12.47 | 5.77 | 8.65 | 12.76 | 4.91 | 7.44 | -36.76 |
| Dividends/Share | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Shares Out. | 29.0M | 28.8M | 27.9M | 27.3M | 26.3M | 25.3M | 25.2M | 24.4M | 24.1M | 24.0M | 23.0M | 23.0M | 23.0M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 17.0 | 27.1 | 19.4 | 55.2 | 17.5 | 27.3 | 21.5 | 22.4 | 18.9 | 17.9 | 10.2 | N/A | -0.7 |
| P/FCF | 12.9 | 16.1 | 12.8 | 11.7 | 17.5 | 16.4 | 25.4 | 79.9 | 81.3 | 11.2 | 15.3 | N/A | 5.0 |
| EV/EBIT | 16.4 | 24.0 | 18.8 | 16.1 | 16.3 | 25.1 | 20.5 | 21.3 | 17.1 | 14.1 | 15.1 | N/A | N/A |
| Price/Book | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.7 | N/A | 0.8 |
| Price/Sales | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | N/A | 0.4 |
| FCF Yield | 7.8% | 6.2% | 7.8% | 8.6% | 5.7% | 6.1% | 3.9% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 8.9% | 6.6% | N/A | 20.1% |
| Market Cap | 2.2B | 2.7B | 2.7B | 2.5B | 2.9B | 4.2B | 5.5B | 5.0B | 2.7B | 3.0B | 1.3B | 0 | 655M |
| Avg. Price | 62.91 | 90.72 | 93.75 | 93.88 | 111.42 | 150.12 | 191.08 | 225.60 | 140.10 | 110.16 | 76.73 | 0.00 | 28.47 |
| Year-End Price | 76.62 | 95.28 | 97.70 | 90.05 | 112.11 | 164.60 | 216.80 | 205.67 | 112.69 | 125.78 | 55.03 | 0.00 | 28.47 |
HELEN OF TROY LTD passes 1 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
HELEN OF TROY LTD trades at 5.3x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 19.4x, suggesting it is currently Cheap relative to its historical range. On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 7.9x vs a median of 16.4x. The company's 5-year average gross margin is 45.4%. Total shareholder yield (buybacks) is 0.3%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is -8.4%.
HELEN OF TROY LTD (HELE) has a net profit margin of -50.3%. The company is currently unprofitable.
HELEN OF TROY LTD (HELE) generated $132 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
HELEN OF TROY LTD (HELE) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.98. This indicates moderate leverage.
HELEN OF TROY LTD (HELE) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $-39.08 in its most recent fiscal year.
HELEN OF TROY LTD (HELE) has a return on equity (ROE) of -72.5%. A negative ROE may indicate losses or negative equity.
HELEN OF TROY LTD (HELE) has a 5-year average gross margin of 45.4%. This indicates decent pricing power.
The Ledger Terminal provides 16 years of financial data for HELEN OF TROY LTD (HELE), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
HELEN OF TROY LTD (HELE) has a book value per share of $34.70, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.
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